Radiator-protector



T. P. HARRIS.

RADlATOR PROTECTOR.

APPLlCATlON FILED 1AN.28. 1919.

1,386, 174, Patented Aug. 2, 1921.

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Specification 01' Letters Patent.

Application filed January as, 1919. Serial No. 273,664.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS P. HARRIS,

' a citizen of the United States, and'resident of Clarinda, in the county of Page and State of Iowa, have invented acertain new and useful Radiator-Protector, of which the following is a specification. 1

The object of my invention is to rovlde a radiator protector of simple, dura 1e and inexpensive construction, adapted to be mounted onthe front of a radlator and to be used for controlling the passage of air through the radiator..

More particularly it is my ob ect to provide such a device made in two parts adj ustably connected together, so that one set of fastening devices may be used for connecting the entire protector 'Wlth the radiator and thereafter the adjustment may be made for moving the movable portion of the protector to any position of its movement. I

A further objectis to provide such a protector preferably made of such material that the protector members may be'made of maximum size and one of them may be provided with indicating lines and characters for showing where the ends of the protector members should be cut off to reduce the size of such members for use with automobiles of various makes.

1 Still a further object is to provide such a structure includin two protector members of substantially e same size and shape, adapted to be superposed one upon the other.

\Vith these and other objects in vlew, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the ob ects contemplated are attained, as here nafter more fully set forth, pointed out inmy claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a front elevation of the outer and upper member of my radiator protector.

Fig. 2 shows a front elevation of the lower inner member thereof.

Fig. 3 shows a side elevation of a radiator with my improved protector mounted thereon in its extended position.

Fig. 4 shows a front elevation of one member of one of the fastening devices, and

Fig. 5 shows a side elevatlon of one of the complete fastening devices.

It is mypurpose to make a radiator protector of verfy simple and inex nsive mater al, such, or instance, as sti cardboard, wh ch protector preferably has two members indlcated in the accompanying drawings by the reference characters 10 and 11. These members are preferably of the same size and shape and outline, so that the member .11 mav be superposed on the member 10.

hen installed on the radiatorthe protector members have a horizontal bottom edge, vertical side edges and an upper edge curvedfrom its central point downwardly anal 2outwardly, as illustrated in Figs. 1 an It will be llIldBIStOOd that any suitable material can be used, but I preferably use some materials on which an advertisement may be printed or stamped.

The lower protector member 11' is provided with spaced, vertically elongated slots 14. There is preferably provided a notch 15 1n the central part of the lower edge of the member 11.

For fastening'the two protector-members together and fastening both to the radiator, various suitable devices ht be employed. As shown in the drawings, l use a metal plate or disk 16, havin two spaced, elongated, parallel slots 17. %extend through the slots 17, the ends of a flexible metal tle 18.

In the assembling of the rotector and the installation thereof on tl fe radiator, the member 11 is superposed on the member 10 with the holes '12 in registration with the slots 17. The ends of the tie device 18 are extended through the slots 14, and then through the holes 12. Said ends are'then extended through the radiator 19 and are bent or tied as at 20 in Fig. 3. v

The parts may be tied or fastened tightly enough to that the're is frictional engagement between the members 10 and 11, and so that the member 11 will stay in any raised position in which it may be put.

Thus it is possible, when it is desired to allow some air to pass through the radiator, to leave the member 11 in its lowered position where itis directly in front of the member 10. The member 11 may be raised to a variety of positions so that it may leave any desired size opening above the member 10 forair to pass through the radiator.

. In Fig. 3 I have shown the member 11 raised to its upper position of movement for closing the entire front end of the radia- Patented Aug, 2, 1921.

tor and preventing the passage of air there through. The device would be in this position when stopped in very cold weather. The member 11 could be lowered slightly if it was desired to let some air through the radiator, and could then be raised when the machine is stopped, for retaining the heat under the hood.

I preferably, in manufacturing for the market, make the members '10 and 11 of a maximum size It is then possible to use the same members for a considerable variety of makes of cars. The protectors are sold in the maximum size, and the member 11 is provided near its side edges with a series of vertical lines 21, adjacent to which are indicating characters 22 for indicating the lines on which the ends of the protector members should be cut for reducing the protector members from their maximum size to a smaller size to fit certain cars. The device is preferably made of the size to fit the largest car on which it is likely to be used, and the lines or indicating characters show where the members should be ,cut for fitting them for use with smaller cars. The lines 21 are scored, but the scoring may be dispensed with.

It will be seen that the entire device is of very simple and inexpensive construction, and yet afi'ords an eflicient and quickly adjusted air control device for the front of the radiator.

Some changes may be made in the con of two protector members, one capable ofsliding movement relative to the other, and designed to be placed againstthe front of a radiator, one of said protector members being provided with openings and the other being provided with vertical slots, and a means for securing both of said members to a radiator and at the same time permitting an adjustment of one of the members I relative to the other, said means comprising fastening devices extended through said openings and through said slots, and designed to be extended through the radiator, and being provided with means on their rear ends for engagingthe rear surface of the radiator to frictionally hold the protector members in any adjusted position relative to each other and in position against the front of the radiator, for the purposes stated.

'DesMoines, Iowa, January 8,1919.

' THOMAS P. mums. 

